Offer To Meet People In Their Place

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

“The world is full of willing people. Some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”- Robert Frost

Very often you would have experienced a situation where the drop-in visitor is not leaving the place even after the purpose of the visit is over. One of the embarrassing things to do is to ask a person to leave your place. They may consider you impolite and mistake you. Owing to power and other equations you may find it difficult to ask people to leave your room/cubicle. At the same time, you may not be able to concentrate on your work.

Whenever you have to meet a person, meet him in his seat rather than in your seat. Whenever somebody says he will come to meet you, offer that you will go to his seat. This will give you an option to get back to your seat after the meeting is over. When an outsider wants to meet you, consider whether you can have the meetings in a common place such as a mini-conference room.

You may design a sticker reading ‘I do not want to waste any more of your time!’ Your visitor will be intelligent enough to understand the hidden message!

Remember that the time management has to be combined with tact and in trying to save your time you should not land up making enemies.